NULLITY

nullity

(noun) something that is null (especially an enactment that has no legal validity)

nothingness, void, nullity, nihility

(noun) the state of nonexistence

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

nullity (countable and uncountable, plural nullities)

The state of being null, or void, or invalid.

(legal) A void act; a defective proceeding or one expressly declared by statute to be a nullity.

(math) The difference between the rank of a matrix and the number of columns it has; the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix.

Source: Wiktionary

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Nul"li*ty, n.; pl. Nullities. Etym: [LL. nullitias, fr. L. nullus none: cf. F. nullité . See Null.]

1. The quality or state of being null; nothingness; want of efficacy or force.

2. (Law)

Definition: Nonexistence; as, a decree of nullity of marriage is a decree that no legal marriage exists.

3. That which is null. Was it not absurd to say that the convention was supreme in the state, and yet a nullity Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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